Piaget referred to children's idea that all rules are absolute, passed on by some high authority figure (for instance, God, the police, one's parents), and all violations of them are wrong is called

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Piaget referred to this idea as heteronomous morality, which is characteristic of the preoperational stage of development. In this stage, children view rules as being imposed externally rather than being agreed upon through social cooperation. They believe that violating rules is inherently wrong and will result in punishment, which Piaget called "imminent justice." They have not yet developed an understanding of moral relativism, or the idea that rules can be shaped by social agreement and are therefore subject to change. Cooperative agreements refers to the perspective that emerges in the concrete operational stage, in which children recognize that rules are agreed upon through social cooperation and can be changed through negotiation and compromise.

Piaget Referred to Children's Idea That All Rules Are Absolute